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Photos from a day of school board actions
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A photo essay from Tuesday’s downtown protest over the Wake County School Board’s plans to end the socio-economic diversity policy and the board meeting later in the day where 16 people were arrested.
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Public hearings on tree conservation, floodplain rules July 20
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The Raleigh City Council has three public hearings on tap Tuesday, July 20. Councilors will hear public input on changing floodplain, tree conservation and stormwater drain funding rules and a new neighborhood overlay district for Cameron Park. The hearing will be at 6:30 p.m. in the city council chambers on the second floor of the municipal building at 222 W. Hargett St.
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Law banning alcohol in sweets hurts one downtown business.
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A 1939 law bars making chocolates and other sweets with alcohol, ending a big business for a downtown chocolate shop.
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Raleigh bus fares lining up with Durham, TTA
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The new fare structure will save the city $100,000, eliminate transfers and allow senior citizens and children to ride free.
City Council
Council update: new bonds, club closing and a new historic landmark
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Councilors voted to approve a settlement closing down a New Bern Avenue nightclub. They also approved $30 million in bonds for Solid Waste Services facilities and gave historic landmark status to the Latta House site.
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Hunger strike ends after threats, illness
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Three women, all of whom freely admit that they came to this country illegally as children, ended a two-week hunger strike yesterday. The trio had hoped to pressure Sen. Kay Hagan into signing onto the DREAM Act, an immigration reform bill. Photo: Hunger strikers Rosario Lopez, Viridiana Martinez and Loida Silva’s father at the ceremony ending the two-week hunger strike. Silva fell ill and had to go to the hospital Sunday, but her father sang a song he had written for his daughter to mark the end of the strike.
City Council
Raleigh has a budget: water rates and car fees going up, $500k for bike lanes
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Raleigh city councilors passed the new budget Tuesday. Water rates will go up 9 percent beginning in July. Vehicle fees will go up by $5. The council added $500,000 back into the budget for bike lanes, kept the arts per capital at $4.50 and restored funding for the Interfaith Food Shuttle and other social service organizations.
Sunshine Blog
Sunshine blog: City department heads’ expense reports
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In our continuing efforts to bring more sunshine to Raleigh city government, this is our second annual edition of what we’ll now call the Expense Report. Below you will find the full documents of the expense reports, credit card statements and requests for reimbursements from city department heads, the mayor and city council members.
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The tobacco buyout brings more local food to Raleigh tables
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Fresh fruits and vegetables are in season and Raleigh is awash in diverse, local offerings, but it wasn’t always this way. The recent locavore and slow food movements have stimulated demand, but our local climate, terrain and the 2004 tobacco buyout allowed many former Wake County tobacco farmers to transition to other crops.
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Hunger strikers want Hagan to sign onto immigration bill
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Three woman, all undocumented immigrants, are on a hunger strike in downtown Raleigh. They want Senator Kay Hagan to sign up as a cosponsor to an immigration reform bill currently up for debate in Washington DC.
